Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton racer)

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Третьяков; born 19 April 1985) is a Russian skeleton rider. Tretyakov is Olympic champion (2014), World champion (2013), European champion (2007) as well as two-times winner of the Skeleton World Cup, which he won in 2008–09 and 2018–19.

Aleksandr Tretyakov
Aleksandr Tretyakov at the Skeleton World Cup 2018/19 in Altenberg
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov
NationalityRussian
Born (1985-04-19) 19 April 1985
Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportSkeleton
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 SochiMen
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverMen
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 St. MoritzMen
Silver medal – second place2011 KönigsseeMen
Silver medal – second place2015 WinterbergMen
Silver medal – second place2016 IglsMen
Bronze medal – third place2009 Lake PlacidMen
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 KönigsseeMen
Gold medal – first place2021 WinterbergMen
Silver medal – second place2013 IglsMen
Silver medal – second place2015 La PlagneMen
Bronze medal – third place2010 IglsMen
Bronze medal – third place2011 WinterbergMen
Bronze medal – third place2017 WinterbergMen
Bronze medal – third place2019 IglsMen
Representing Bobsleigh Federation of Russia Bobsleigh Federation of Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 AltenbergMen
Bronze medal – third place2021 AltenbergMixed team

Career

Tretyakov is the first Russian who won the World Championships (2013 in St. Moritz), the overall Skeleton World Cup (2008–09) and an Olympics bronze medal (at the 2010 Winter Olympics). He is the silver medalist of the 2011 World Championships in Königssee and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg, as well as of bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid (men's skeleton event) and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg (mixed team). In 2013 in St. Moritz, he became the world champion.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Tretyakov won three out of four runs, established track (55.95) and start (4.47) records, and became the champion ahead of Martins Dukurs, who was universally considered to be the strongest gold medal contender.[1] This was the first gold medal in skeleton for Russia. To sleep well before the second day of the competitions, Tretyakov downloaded on his cell phone the series of Russian Wikipedia articles on the economy of the Tsardom of Russia and fell asleep while reading them.[2]

Tretyakov resides in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. His wife Anastasia is a former skeleton rider. Their daughter was born in 2013.

Controversy

Tretyakov's bottles of urine had scratch marks so he was provisionally suspended in 2016.[3] On 22 November 2017, he was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics and had his gold medal stripped from him.[4] On 1 February 2018, the ban was overturned and his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[5]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[6]

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Place
2004–05 WIN
32		 ALT
37		 IGL
19		 SIG
33		 CES
39		 STM
39		 LKP
26		 — — 23 34th
2005–06 CAL
9		 LKP
29		 IGL
28		 SIG
10		 KON
38		 STM
32		 ALT
—		 — — 92 24th
2006–07 CAL
2		 PKC
3		 LKP
15		 NAG
—		 IGL
1		 CES
—		 WIN
1		 KON
2		 — 487 3rd
2007–08 CAL
10		 PKC
7		 LKP
19		 CES1
15		 CES2
12		 STM
22		 KON
13		 WIN
—		 — 794 16th
2008–09 WIN
2		 ALT
9		 IGL
2		 KON
3		 STM
9		 WHI
9		 PKC1
1		 PKC2
1		 — 1526 1st
2009–10 PKC
11		 LKP
7		 CES
15		 WIN
3		 ALT
2		 KON
12		 STM
9		 IGL
3		 — 1298 8th
2010–11 WHI
3		 CAL
2		 PKC
1		 LKP
13		 IGL
3		 WIN
3		 STM
23		 CES
10		 — 1349 5th
2011–12 IGL
2		 LPL
3		 WIN
3		 ALT
6		 KON
5		 STM
22		 WHI
2		 CAL
2		 — 1446 4th
2012–13 LKP
3		 PKC
3		 WHI
4		 WIN
2		 LPL
2		 ALT
—		 KON
3		 IGL
2		 SOC
2		 1632 4th
2013–14 CAL
2		 PKC
1		 LKP
2		 WIN
3		 STM1
4		 STM2
7		 IGL
2		 KON
—		 — 1415 4th
2014–15 LKP
—		 CAL
—		 ALT
3		 KON
1		 STM
10		 LAP
2		 IGL
2		 SOC
1		 — 1214 7th
2015–16 ALT
2		 WIN
2		 KON1
2		 LKP
—		 PKC
—		 WHI
—		 STM
5		 KON2
—		 — 814 12th
2016–17 WHI
2		 LKP
1		 ALT
—		 WIN
3		 STM
4		 KON
1		 IGL
2		 PYE
4		 — 1454 3rd
2017–18 LKP
3		 PKC
6		 WHI
—		 WIN
4		 IGL
34		 ALT
2		 STM
4		 KON
7		 — 1138 9th
2018–19 SIG
4		 WIN
1		 ALT
1		 KON
CNX		 IGL
4		 STM
2		 LKP
1		 CAL1
1		 CAL2
2		 1719 1st
2019–20 LKP1
3		 LKP2
1		 WIN
7		 LPL
1		 IGL
3		 KON
1		 STM
6		 SIG
5		 — 1603 2nd
2020–21 SIG 1
9		 SIG 2
10		 IGL 1
1		 IGL 2
—		 WIN
1		 STM
—		 KON
3		 IGL 3
1		 — 1171 5th
2021–22 IGL 1
1		 IGL 2
9		 ALT 1
9		 WIN
1		 ALT 2
4		 SIG
—		 WIN 2
3		 STM
8		 — 1306 7th

References
  1. Дудь, Юрий (16 February 2014). Скелетрон. Почему вы обожаете Александра Третьякова, хотя и не знаете об этом. sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. Быстров, Денис. Александр Третьяков: «По духу я точно не чиновник, не организатор». sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. "Four Russian skeleton athletes provisionally suspended on doping allegations".
  4. "Decision by IOC Disciplinary Commission" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. "Alexander Tretiakov". ibsf.org. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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